ARSENE WENGER is preparing himself for disappointing news in his bid to sign Leicester striker Jamie Vardy.

Arsenal had tabled a £20m bid for the England striker and expected to have the deal completed before he flew to the Euros.

But Vardy still hasn't given Wenger an answer with his current club tabling an improved contract offer, and team-mates begging him to stay at the King Power.

Wenger believes he would have accepted Arsenal’s offer by now if he was keen to move to the Emirates.

Instead, his silence was deafening.

Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring Leicester's first goal with his team mates (Image: Getty)

The Gunners offered a contract worth around £120,000-a-week worth over four years — double what he is currently on at Leicester after signing a new deal only in February.

But, as we revealed yesterday, the champions' Thai owners are understood to have moved quickly by proposing improved terms to take Vardy up towards the £100,000-a-week mark.

Vardy has also been told by England boss Roy Hodgson to put the transfer talk on hold to concentrate on the Euros, and agents have been banned from the training base in Chantilly.

Leicester midfielder Andy King has revealed the whole dressing room have gathered together to plead with Vardy to stay.

Asked if he would be in contact to try to stop the striker leaving, Wales international King replied: “Yeah, of course. We want all our best players to stay and try to build from there. But what he decides to do is up to him.”

Arsenal’s interest came after Vardy’s incredible 24-goal haul in Leicester’s title winning season.